Expedition to Disaster Matyszak Philip
Expedition to Disaster Matyszak Philip The Athenian expedition to conquer Sicily was one of the pivotal events of the classical period. The expedition to Sicily was intended to give Athens the extra…
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Expedition to Disaster Matyszak Philip
The Athenian expedition to conquer Sicily was one of the pivotal events of the classical period. The expedition to Sicily was intended to give Athens the extra money and resources to crush the Spartans. At this time (415 BC), Athens was locked in a decades-long struggle with Sparta for mastery of the Greek world.
The cast of characters includes Alcibiades, the flamboyant, charismatic young aristocrat; Nicias, the aging, reluctant commander of the ill-fated expedition and Gylippus, the grim Spartan general sent to mastermind the defense of Syracuse. New archaeological discoveries allow the ensuing siege to be reconstructed in greater detail than ever before. It was he who stopped the Athenians dead in their tracks within weeks of his arrival, then turned the tables on the invaders.
The Athenians were in their turn surrounded, besieged, and forced to ask for mercy from a man who had none
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